Prevalence of the disease: one in five

Seventeen percent of the population in the United States suffers from one or the other degree of vein deformity. "So if you take your girlfriends, then chances are that one in five may have big problems with the veins, and you do not know it," says Dr. Fowley. Varicose veins often appear or become more noticeable after pregnancy. But they can appear in adolescence, and even earlier.
Beverly Sedleisek, a 37-year-old secretary, recalls that she first noticed a deformed vein at the age of twelve: "Every time I put on a swimsuit, I was horrified, especially after a large venous junction appeared in my groin. No one ever told me anything offensive, but I saw people looking at my feet. I tried to wear white socks with skirts, because it seemed to me that it was hiding the ugly veins. But they also performed through socks. "